Is the life you’re living all you imagined?
Have you ever asked yourself, “What if??” Here, four women face the decisions of their lifetimes in this stirring and unforgettable novel of love, loss, friendship, and family.
Anna Geneva, a Chicago attorney coping with the death of a cherished friend, returns to her “speck on the map” hometown of Haven to finally come to terms with her mother, the man she left behind, and the road she did not take.
Cami Drayton, Anna’s dearest friend from high school, is coming home too, forced by circumstance to move in with her alcoholic father . . . and to confront a dark family secret.
Maeve, Anna’s mother, never left Haven, firmly rooted there by her sadness over her abandonment by the husband she desperately loved and the hope that someday he will return to her.
And Amy Rickart—thin, beautiful, and striving for perfection—faces a future with the perfect man . . . but is haunted by the memory of what she used to be.
Kristina Riggle’s The Life You’ve Imagined takes a provocative look at the choices we make—and the courage we must have to change.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR…Kristina Riggle lives and writes in West Michigan.
Kristina has published short stories in the Cimarron Review, Literary Mama, Espresso Fiction, and elsewhere. She is also a freelance journalist writing primarily for The Grand Rapids Press, and co-editor for fiction at Literary Mama. Kristina was a full-time newspaper reporter for seven years before turning her attention to creative writing and freelancing. As well as writing, she enjoys reading, yoga, dabbling in (very) amateur musical theatre, and spending lots of time with her husband, two kids and dog.
Kristina is hard at work on her next novels from Avon/HarperCollins about complex family relationships. – PARTS TAKEN FROM THE AUTHOR’S WEBSITE
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FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…The Life You’ve Imagined is about four women (Amy, Anna, Cami, and Maeve) and how they handled the life they’re in. Riggle created real women who are connected with the other one way or another with real issues – abandonment, addiction, weight, and love. Each chapter alternates between each of the women and each voice is different. While reading The Life You’ve Imagined, one can’t help BUT to look back in the past to SOMETHING that you wondered would have been like today if it was different back then. This is the type of book that when you put it down for a bit you wonder what will happen next in a particular character’s life. Good women’s fiction and one I’d recommend to other women wondering about their own life’s circumstances.
Follow the others touring with TLC Books and Kristina Riggle…
- Thursday, August 19th: Sara’s Organized Chaos
- Monday, August 23rd: Lisa’s Yarns
- Thursday, August 26th: Reading at the Beach
- Wednesday, September 1st: Rundpinne
- Thursday, September 2nd: Helen’s Book Blog
- Wednesday, September 8th: Book Club Classics!
- Monday, September 13th: All About {n}
- Wednesday, September 15th: Thoughts From an Evil Overlord
- Tuesday, September 21st: Book Addiction
- Thursday, September 23rd: Confessions of a Bookaholic
Be sure to check out the book club discussion about the book with Jen from Devourer of Books.
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